Our Speakers
Vera Songwe
Executive Secretary of the UNECA
Donald Kaberuka
Senior Advisor, Boston Consulting Group
Maria Cristina Russo
Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, European Commission
Samuel Munzele Maimbo, PhD
Senior Adviser, World Bank Group
Carlos Lopes, PhD
Former Executive Secretary, UNECA
Mohale Rakgate
Group Executive: Project Preparation Division, DBSA
Ibrahim Assane Mayaki, PhD
CEO, NEPAD Agency
Craig Wing
Partner, FutureWorld
Gary Nealon
President, Usawa
Oley Dibba-Wadda
Director of Human Capital, Youth and Skills Development, AfDB
Clare-akamanzi
CEO,
Sithole Mbanga
CEO, South African Cities Network
Tracey Webster
CEO, Enterpriseroom
Nuradin Osman
Vice President & MD, AGCO Africa
Geci Karuri-Sebina, PhD
Visiting Fellow, Wits School of Governance
Hubert Ruzibiza
CEO, Rwanda Green Fund
Aidan Eyakuze
Executive Director, Twaweza East Africa
Mimi Kalinda
Managing Director, Africommunications Group Ltd. (ACG)
Paul Currie
Chief Investment Officer, DBSA
Cristina Duarte
Visiting Research Fellow, WITS University South Africa
Grace Mugabekazi
Strategist & Associate, ESPartners
Anna Ekeledo
Executive Director, AfriLabs
Prof. Darelle van Greunen
Director, Centre for Community Technologies
Christian Benimana
Rwanda Programs Director, MASS Design Group
Baz Dreisinger, PhD
Founder, Prison-to-College Pipeline
Alexander McLean
Founder & Director General, African Prisons Project
Ms. Susan Kigula
Ambassador, African Prisons Project
Ada Osakwe
Founder and CEO, Agrolay Ventures
Ann Kingiri, PhD
Senior Research Fellow, African Center for Technology Studies
Bayo Akomolafe, PhD
Chief Curator, Emergence Network
Daniel Irurah, PhD
Associate Professor, University of the Witwatersrand (Wits)
Prof. Erika Kraemer-Mbula
Associate Professor, University of Johannesburg
George Gachara
Managing Partner, Heva Fund
Janah Ncube
Global Campaigns Director for Crisis Action
Jean-Philippe Kayobotsi
Founder & CEO, Brioche Limited
Marc Wegerif, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Pretoria
Prof. Udaya Sekhar Nagothu
InnovAfrica Project Coordinator, Horizon 2020
Bosun Tijani
CEO, Co-Creation Hub
Mercy Masoo
Country Director, Water Aid Malawi
Prof. K J Joseph
Ministry of Commerce Chair Professor, Centre for Development Studies
Prof. Bitange Ndemo
Professor, University of Nairobi's Business School
Dr. Julius Gatune
Senior Researcher & Policy Advisor, ACET
Prof. Edward Lorenz
Professor of Economics, University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis
Mbaye Mbéguéré, PhD
Senior WASH Manager, WaterAid
Rudolf J. Gedeon
President and CEO, Gedeon GRC Consulting
Gavin Erasmus
Chief Sustainability Officer, Hiveonline ApS
Abu Cassim
CEO, Jozi Angels
Ntombenhle Khathwane
Founder & CEO, AfroBotanics
Duduetsang Mokoele
Researcher, Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA)
Ekenem J. Isichei
West Africa Lead, Corporate Council on Africa
Jeff Yu-Jen Chen, PhD
Lecturer, Gordon Institute of Business Science
Olivia Mukam-WANDJI
Investment Advisor, Afrilanthropy.org
Raphael Babatunde, Ph.D
Associate Professor, University of Ilorin
Stephen Kalyesubula
Co-Founder, Labtech
Anthony S. Okoth
Country Director for Kenya, PATH
Titia Wouters
Programme Manager VIA Water, Aqua for All
Emmanuel Buetey Noah Jr.
CEO, BenBen
Martin Mbaya
Co-Founder & CEO, EnAdIn.com
Ayana V Jackson
Photographer
David A. Wilson
Co-Founder, TheGrio.com
Gene Noble
Singer, Songwriter, Musician, Producer, Artist
Ingrid LaFleur
Afrofuturist
Paulo Rogério Nunes
Co-Founder & CEO, Instituto Midia Étnica
Makeda Mahadeo
DJ and Content Creator
Sihle Magubane
Ecosystem Engagement Associate, African Leadership Academy
Prof. Amira Omer Siddig Osman
Professor of Architecture, Tshwane University of Technology
Gloria KAMANZI UWIZERA
Founder & CEO, Glo creations Ltd.
Julie Gichuru
Founder & CEO, Arimus Media Limited
Lamin Momodou MANNEH
Director, UNDP Regional Service Centre for Africa
Rory Moore
Innovation Director, Accenture South Africa
Olugbenga Adesida, PhD
Co-Founder & Partner, Ihaba
José Brito
Co-Founder & Partner, Ihaba
Prof. Mwangi Wa Githinji
Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Massachusetts
William Asiko
Executive Director, Grow Africa
Riel Miller
Head of Futures Literacy, UNESCO
Ayodele Ibrahim Shittu, PhD
Lecturer, University of Lagos
Nhlanhla Mabaso
Member of the Advisory Board, Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
Dr. Diran Soumonni
Senior Lecturer in Innovation Management and Policy at WBS
Philippe Nyirimihigo
Co-Founder, Illume Creative Studio
Mamadou Kwidjim Touré
Founder & CEO, Ubuntu Capital
Elaine Jack
CID Manager, Sandton Central
Ronak Gopaldas
Director, Signal Risk
Jonathan Akinwale, PhD
Lecturer, Federal University of Technology
Babatomiwa Adesida
Private Sector and Philanthropy Engagement Consultant, UNDP
Solomon King
Founder & Executive Director, Fundi Bots
Prof. Mammo Muchie
DST/NRF Research Professor on STI4D, Tshwane University of Technology
Dr. Marie-Christine Gasingirwa
Director General for Science, Technology and Research, Ministry of Education of Rwanda.
Christian Yesashimwe
Co-Founder at EnviNexus
Dr. Diji Chukwuemeka Jude
Lecturer, University of Ibadan
Nathan Kanuma Taremwa, PhD
Lecturer & Researcher, University of Rwanda
Dr. Raphael Olanrewaju Babatunde
Lecturer & Researcher, University of Ilorin
Matthew Rugamba
Founder/Creative Director, House of Tayo
Santiago Martinez
Founder, Cómo Lo Cambiarías’
Jonny Harris
Founder & Director, Isidima Design and Development
Mokena Makeka
Founder & CEO, Makeka Design Lab
Dr. Abdallah Daar
Professor of Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto
Dr. Oby Ezekwesili
Senior Economic Advisor, AEDPI
Karanvir Singh
CEO and MD, Yego Innovision Ltd
Jason Spindler
CEO and Global Managing Director of I-DEV International
Priscilla Sani-Chimwele
Programme Specialist, UNDP RSCA
Alex Ntale
CEO, Rwanda ICT Chamber
Judith Kaine
Founder and Director at Kurema, Kureba, Kwiga
Oluseye Jegede, PhD
Research Fellow, Obafemi Awolowo University
Jonathan Osei Owusu
Founder & CEO, POS Foundation
Dr Diane Karusisi
Chief Executive Officer, Bank of Kigali
Martha Phiri
Country Manager, African Development Bank in Rwanda
Mike Yeh
Assistant General Counsel and Government Affairs Lead for Middle East & Africa, Microsoft
Sherry Dzinoreva
EMEA Public Policy Programs Manager, Facebook
Marc Lepage
Africa regional Knowledge & Innovation advisor United Nations Development Program (UNDP)
Ogone Ntwae
Economic Development Practitioner
Abisoye Ajayi-Akinfolarin
CEO, Pearls Africa, Founder, GirlsCoding
Sani Yusuf
CEO, Haibrid LTD, Google Developer Expert and Founder
Regis Isheja
Founder and CEO, TransMeet
Simbarashe Mhuriro
Founder and MD, Oxygen Africa
Jean de Dieu Rurangirwa
Minister of ICT, Rwanda
Ngozi Finette Stewart-Unuigbe
Environmental Policy Research Fellow
Ahmed Abbas
Founder of Mobile Solar Pump - Energy
Mamadou Biteye
Managing Director, Africa Regional Office, The Rockefeller Foundation
Pamela Munyana
Country Director, IDEA4Africa
Prof. Berhanu Abegaz Molla
Executive Director, African Academy of Sciences
Prof. Oye Ibidapo-Obe
Former Vice Chancellor, University of Lagos (UNILAG)
Prof. Karim M. Maredia
Professor & Senior Associate to the Dean, Michigan State University
Abiodun Oyebola
Postgraduate Researcher, AISPI
Prof. Mammo Muchie
Lecturer, Tshwane University of Technology
Caleb Muyiwa Adelowo, PhD
Senior Research Officer, NACETEM
Prof. Martin Oladiran Makinde
Professor, University Venda
Prof. Roseanne Diab
Executive Officer, Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf)
Sunday Dare
Executive Commissioner (Stakeholder Management), NCC
Penny Mabazi
Founder & CEO, Linkages Consulting Ltd
Prof. Aggrey Ambali
Head of Science, Technology and Innovation Hub (NSTIH), NEPAD